Fulham v Wolves: Prediction, Tips and Odds

Fulham are more familiar with the bottom than the top half of the Premier League yet they will find themselves in the top six on Saturday night if they can beat lowly Wolves at Craven Cottage.

They are priced to do just that at 13/20 though Wolves, fresh from breaking their duck before the international break, are showing an encouraging uptick in form.

Fulham v Wolves betting tips and predictions

Fulham to win & over 2.5 goals - 7/5

Fulham haven't had it this good for a long, long time and they have to be hugely confident they can continue on their winning ways against Wolves.

Marco Silva's men have lost just three of their 11 Premier League matches this season, a luckless opening-night 1-0 defeat at Manchester United plus setbacks against UEFA Champions League aces Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Other than that they have barely put a foot wrong and welcome Wolves on the back of two wins, 2-1 against Brentford and 2-0 at Crystal Palace.

The trip to Wolves is followed by a quartet of fixtures against Tottenham, Brighton, Arsenal and Liverpool so a backward step or two in the run-up to Christmas is entirely plausible.

But they are playing well against bottom-half teams and will fancy they can outscore Wolves.

And they may well need to score a few because Wolves have suddenly found their shooting boots.

They boast the worst defence in the top division - 27 goals conceded in their 11 matches - which is why Gary O'Neil was quick to hail their clean sheet - a first in the league since February - in their 2-0 win over Southampton last time out which lifted them off the foot of the table.

But they have found the net in each of their last 10 league games since their opening-weekend 2-0 loss at Arsenal.

And they are finally getting some decent results as well, the win over Saints following an excellent 2-2 draw at Brighton - from 2-0 down - and another 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace.

Eight of their last 10 games in the league have produced three goals or more, with a real threat posed by Matheus Cunha and Jorgen Larsen, who have five and four goals respectively and are now working nicely in tandem.

Wolves will ask questions but only Manchester City and Spurs are averaging more shots per game than Fulham, whose weight of attacks should lead to a high-scoring win.

Emile Smith Rowe to have over 1.5 shots on target - 3/1

Harry Wilson's scoring exploits of late - six for Wales and Fulham in the past six weeks - may earn him a start from Marco Silva, with Alex Iwobi or Reiss Nelson vulnerable.

Emile Smith Rowe, however, will resume his number 10 duties behind Wolves old boy Raul Jimenez and the former Arsenal schemer is going to be a threat.

Wolves boast the worst defence in the top flight and concede far too many chances and Fulham are hugely positive, especially at home, averaging 19.4 shots a time.

Smith Rowe has got three goals to his name this season, two of them at Craven Cottage, and he is averaging two shots a game in home fixtures.

The 3/1 he gets two or more efforts on target is an eye-catching price.

Rayan Ait-Nouri to have over 0.5 shots on target - 9/4

While Cunha and Larsen pose an obvious attacking threat for the visitors, so too does left-sided flier Rayan Ait-Nouri, who is enjoying a fine start to the season.

Ait-Nouri, who scored in the 2-1 win over Fulham at Molineux last term, has bagged three goals this season to go alongside two assists.

In a game as potentially open as this, he will be allowed to roam forward and never shies away from getting shots off.

He is averaging 1.6 shots per away game and given his eye for goal, again 9/4 that he has over 0.5 shots on target is appealing.

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Fulham v Wolves odds

Fulham - 13/20
Draw - 3/1
Wolves - 4/1

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